Neomixis
Common jery (Neomixis tenella)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Neomixis
Sharpe, 1881
Type species
Neomixis striatigula[1]
Sharpe, 1881
Native range of Neomixis striatigula

Neomixis is a genus of small forest birds that are endemic to Madagascar.

The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1881. The type species is the stripe-throated jery (Neomixis striatigula).[2] The genus was formerly placed in the Old World babbler family but is now considered to belong to the family Cisticolidae.

Species

The genus comprises three species:[3]

Image Scientific Name Common Name Distribution
Neomixis striatigula Stripe-throated jery Madagascar.
Neomixis tenella Common jery Madagascar.
Neomixis viridis Green jery Madagascar.


Another species the wedge-tailed jery (Hartertula flavoviridis) was until recently placed in this genus but biochemical studies suggest its true relationships lie elsewhere.

References

  1. ^ "Cisticolidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ^ Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1881). "On a new genus of Timeliidae from Madagascar, with remarks on some other genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 195–197 [195].
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Babblers & fulvettas". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 August 2017.


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